字符串（String），是由零个或多个字符组成的有限串行。一般记为（）。它是编程语言中表示文本的数据类型。

通常以串的整体作为操作对象，如：在串中查找某个子串、求取一个子串、在串的某个位置上插入一个子串以及删除一个子串等。两个字符串相等的充要条件是：长度相等，并且各个对应位置上的字符都相等。设p、q是两个串，求q在p中首次出现的位置的运算叫做模式匹配。串的两种最基本的存储方式是顺序存储方式和链接存储方式。

In computer programming, a string is traditionally a sequence of characters, either as a literal constant or as some kind of variable. The latter may allow its elements to be mutated and the length changed, or it may be fixed (after creation). A string is generally understood as a data type and is often implemented as an array of bytes (or words) that stores a sequence of elements, typically characters, using some character encoding. A string may also denote more general arrays or other sequence (or list) data types and structures.